Re: [PATCH 07/16] virtio-blk: drop config_mutex

From: Cornelia Huck
Date: Mon Oct 06 2014 - 07:48:59 EST


On Sun, 5 Oct 2014 19:07:10 +0300
"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> config_mutex served two purposes: prevent multiple concurrent config
> change handlers, and synchronize access to config_enable flag.
>
> Since commit dbf2576e37da0fcc7aacbfbb9fd5d3de7888a3c1
> workqueue: make all workqueues non-reentrant
> all workqueues are non-reentrant, and config_enable
> is now gone.
>
> Get rid of the unnecessary lock.
>
> Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/block/virtio_blk.c | 8 --------
> 1 file changed, 8 deletions(-)
>

Reviewed-by: Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@xxxxxxxxxx>

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